Question

"I drove fast today because I was in a hurry. That other driver who drove fast is probably a rude, aggressive person." Which phenomenon do these statements illustrate?

Answer 1

Answer:

The actor-observer bias

Explanation:

In social psychology, the actor-observer bias refers to the tendency to attribute one's own actions to external causes while attributing other people's behaviors to internal causes.

In this example, the person says he drove fast because the person was in a hurry (this would be an external cause). On the other hand, the person also says that the other driver driving fast is probably a rude, aggressive person (this is an internal cause he's attributing to the other driver), thus, this would be an example of the actor-observer bias.